Schrever Carly, Hulbert Carol, Sourdin Tania
Melbourne School of Psychological Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2021 May 24;29(2):290-322. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2021.1904456. eCollection 2022.
Recent research on the nature, prevalence and severity of judicial stress in Australia has revealed a considerable burden of stress placed upon the judicial system. This article builds upon this research by exploring the demographic and workplace factors associated with elevated stress among Australian judicial officers. A survey of 152 judicial officers from 5 Australian courts found that judicial stress - operationalised as non-specific psychological distress, depressive and anxious symptoms, burnout and secondary traumatic stress - was predicted by satisfaction of the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. The only demographic variable found to be reliably associated with judicial stress was jurisdiction: compared with judicial officers in the higher jurisdictions (i.e. judges), those in the summary jurisdictions (i.e. magistrates) reported significantly higher levels of stress and significantly lower levels of basic psychological needs satisfaction. Implications and areas for future research are discussed. Alcohol use and dependence was not associated with levels of stress or needs satisfaction.
近期对澳大利亚司法压力的性质、普遍性和严重程度的研究表明，司法系统承受着相当大的压力负担。本文在这项研究的基础上，探讨了与澳大利亚司法官员压力升高相关的人口统计学和工作场所因素。对来自澳大利亚5个法院的152名司法官员进行的一项调查发现，司法压力——以非特定的心理困扰、抑郁和焦虑症状、职业倦怠和继发性创伤压力来衡量——可由自主性、能力和人际关系等基本心理需求的满足来预测。唯一被发现与司法压力有可靠关联的人口统计学变量是司法辖区：与高等司法辖区的司法官员（即法官）相比，简易司法辖区的司法官员（即治安法官）报告的压力水平显著更高，基本心理需求满足水平显著更低。文中讨论了相关影响及未来研究方向。饮酒及酒精依赖与压力水平或需求满足情况无关。
